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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kathy start to smile when she sees Connie Walsh in jail?
(a) Because she is anxious for the news Connie Walsh is bringing.
(b) Because Connie Walsh is wearing shoes.
(c) Because they are good friends.
(d) Because she knows Connie Walsh can get her out of jail.

2. How does Behrani feel when he has put Kathy to bed?
(a) Disgusted at her debauched behavior.
(b) Angry that she has trespassed again.
(c) Joyful at having saved a life.
(d) Relieved that she can't hurt them more.

3. How does Esmail surprise Lester as they enter the county building?
(a) By hitting him.
(b) By screaming for help.
(c) By running away.
(d) By taking his gun.

4. What order of Lester's does Behrani refuse to obey when they park in the county parking garage?
(a) To drive to the county office.
(b) To drive to the police station.
(c) To leave Esmail with Lester and go to the county office.
(d) To get paperwork from the county.

5. How does Lester feel about his wife?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He feels indifferent to her.
(c) He admires her.
(d) He is disgusted by her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kathy think her mother will do when she finds out what has happened?

2. What does Esmail not know about Lester's gun?

3. Why are they moving Kathy to another hospital?

4. Why does Lester believe he will have to tell Alvarez the truth?

5. Why doesn't Lester move his head as they drive to the county offices so that Behrani can see to drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Lester asks Kathy whether she really wanted to die, what does she answer and why is this answer important?

2. Kathy doesn't shower because she doesn't want to clean up, then put on again the clothes she has stolen. How is this a metaphor for her situation now?

3. Nadereh berates Behrani while he repairs her mother's table, but he lets her insults "pass over like training jets with no ammunition." Why doesn't he respond to her tirade, and what does she finally say that causes him to enter the argument?

4. How do his fellow officers feel about Lester after he has been arrested?

5. After Esmail has been shot, the shooting officer looks at Lester. He needs a critical piece of information and Lester doesn't have it, either. What is that piece of information?

6. Why is Kathy's judgment so confused as she drives to the house and parks in the driveway?

7. Lester watches his own image in the elevator doors spread out from the middle, then disappear. How is this symbol a metaphor for his situation?

8. Why does Lester feel like a fraud?

9. When Lester describes his feelings during the drive to the county office, he says it is probably the way felons want to feel all the time. How does he say he feels?

10. Why does Kathy feel a sense of unreality while she is in the hospital?

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